Red Slate Mountain (13123') 8.8.09

An overnight backpacking trip with Cassandra, Craig, Eliza, Norma, Rick, and Robb. On Saturday we backpacked in to Big McGee Lake, dropped our packs, and then day hiked to Red Slate Mountain. After enjoying the view from the summit of Red Slate Mountain, we returned to camp. On Sunday it was a short backpack out to the trailhead. About 20 miles and 5800' elevation gain for the round trip per the GPS track uploaded to a TOPO map, with 13 miles and almost all of the elevation gain done on Saturday. Sunday it was almost all downhill and just 7 miles.